No More Heroes?

[prog]

Anyone I know played No More Heroes yet? All the reviews I find are basically "OMG WII GIBS LOL boo texture pop". I wish to pat the reviewers on the head, they are so cute, but it doesn't really express whether it's worth an L-note to someone who wants a fun adventure game. Also how come nobody says "L-note"? Is it because it sounds a little dirty somehow?

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Speaking of fanboys, if you aren't reading the Gameshelf Blog yet you should. A buncha Gameshelf folks answered the call to register accounts on it, and so far three of us are have made a handful of posts. If the blog averages one post a day over time I'll call it a win. For my part, I'm planning on posting future gamey thoughts to it instead of to this LJ, unless they're not Gameshelfy enough. (Such as my asking whether a super-new-hotness Wii game is worth playing.)

Comments

[prog.livejournal.com]

Also why can't anyone except Microsoft do online correctly? Does Japanese-based video game culture just not care about it?

[chocorisu.livejournal.com]

I've heard a few theories, I dunno enough about it myself.

Online gaming in Asia is tied very closely to the internet cafe culture, especially in Korea. People don't really play online games at home so much, so it's been largely irrelevant to console makers.

I think it's also partly because doing online properly means having an operating system running on the console and that's unfamiliar territory for console manufacturers. Not to mention requiring a certain amount of spare oomph in the hardware, which the Wii really doesn't have.